Tuesday 31 March 2015

1941 (1979)

Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Karen Allen, Treat Williams, Warren Oates, Robert Stack, Ned Beatty, Christopher Lee and Toshiro Mifune.



Collector's Edition DVD bought in 1999
2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2010
2-disc Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2015
119mins (146mins)




2-disc DVD




 DVD







2-disc DVD extras -

The Making of 1941 (101mins)
Deleted Scenes (9mins)
Production Photographs (366 images)
1941 Comic Relief
The Marketing of 1941
The Reviews (52 pages)
Theatrical Trailers

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Directed by Francis Coppola and starring Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Martin Sheen and 
Dennis Hopper.


Apocalypse Now Redux DVD bought in 2002

2-disc Complete Dossier DVD bought in 2006

3-disc Collector's Edition Blu-ray bought in 2011
147m 17s (196mins)









 2-disc DVD




 3-disc Blu-ray











Blu-ray extras-

Includes the Theatrical and Redux version sof Apocalypse Now.
Audio Commentary with director Francis Ford Coppola
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (with optional audio commentary by 
Francis and Eleanor Coppola) (96mins)
Interview with John Milius (50mins)
A Conversation with Martin Sheen and Francis Ford Coppola (59mins)
Fred Roos: Casting Apocalypse
'Hearts of Darkness' - November 6, 1938" original radio broadcast (37mins)
The Hollow Men (17mins)
Deleted Scenes (26mins)
Kurtz Compound Destruction with Credits
The Birth of 5.1 Sound
A Million Feet of Film: The Editing of Apocalypse Now (18mins)
The Music of Apocalypse Now (15mins)
The Sound Design of Apocalypse Now (15mins)
The Final Mix
Apocalypse Then and Now
2001 Cannes Film Festival: Francis Ford Coppola (39mins)
PBR Streetgang
The Color Palette of Apocalypse Now
Storyboards
Photo Archives
Theatrical Trailers

Monday 30 March 2015

The Deer Hunter (1978)

Directed by Michael Cimino and starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken, John Savage, 
John Cazale and Meryl Streep.



2-disc Special Edition DVD bought in 2003

Blu-ray bought in 2013
183mins






 Blu-ray






Blu-ray extras - 

Audio Commentary with film critic F.X. Feeney and director Michael Cimino
Presentation by Mickey Rourke
Vietnam War: Unknown Images (48mins)
Realising 'The Deer Hunter (24mins)
Playing The Deer Hunter (16mins)
Shooting 'The Deer Hunter (16 mins)
Theatrical Trailer

Force 10 From Navarone (1978)

Directed by Guy Hamilton and starring Robert Shaw, Harrison Ford, Edward Fox, Barbara Bach, Franco Nero, Carl Weathers and Richard Kiel.



DVD bought in 2006
121mins






No extras

The Wild Geese (1978)

Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, 
Hardy Kruger and Stewart Granger.


Special Edition Blu-ray bought in 2013
134m 39s









Audio commentary by producer Euan Lloyd, actor Roger Moore and editor John Glen, moderated by journalist Jonathan Sothcott
World Premiere- footage
Theatrical Trailer
Reversible Cover
24-page booklet featuring essays

Bonus Movie - Code Name: Wild Geese (1984) Directed by Antonio Margheriti. 101mins.

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Directed by Ralph Bakshi and starring the voices of Christopher Guard, William Squire, John Hurt, Anthony Daniels and Peter Woodthorpe.


DVD bought in 2009

Blu-ray bought in 2012
133m 20s





 Blu-ray





Blu-ray extra -

Forging through the Darkness - in-depth interview with Ralph Bakshi (30mins)

The Boys from Brazil (1978)

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier and James Mason.


Blu-ray bought in 2013
125mins






Theatrical Trailer